1961.DDR.014th Pioneer Meeting, Erfurt
German Democratic Republic·1961
IV. Pioniertreffen, Erfurt, 1961
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1961.DDR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- German Democratic Republic (DDR)
- Year
- 1961-05-25
- Event
- IV. Pioniertreffen, Erfurt, 1961
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
Production
- Designer
- Ingeborg Friebel
- Printer
- Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (VEB)
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13 × 12½
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 961.21/23
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DD B76/B78
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DD 827/829
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DD 543/545
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DD E563
History
The German Democratic Republic issued a three-value semi-postal set on 25 May 1961 for the IV. Pioniertreffen (4th Pioneer Meeting) in Erfurt. Domfil catalogues it as 961.21/23 under «4 Reencuentro de los jovenes pioneros en Erfurt», motifs playing, dancing and aeroplane modelling, cross-referenced to Yvert 543/545, Michel 827/829 and Scott B76/B78.
Each stamp is signed Friebel and carries the Junge Pioniere torch emblem with the letters JP, headed IV. PIONIERTREFFEN IN ERFURT 1961. The 10 + 5 pf shows Pioneers at volleyball on a green ground; the 20 + 10 pf two dancing pairs in folk costume on magenta; the 25 + 10 pf four Pioneers building a yellow model glider on blue.
Colnect names Ingeborg Friebel as designer and the Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (VEB) as printer, offset lithography, size about 43 × 26 mm, comb perforation 13 × 12½, watermark DDR and quatrefoil multiple, and validity until 31 December 1962. Colnect also records watermark-orientation variants (X/Y) that are not split here.